If a story is not about the hearer, he will not listen. And here I make a rule—a great and interesting story is about everyone or it will not last.
JOHN STEINBECK
It’s so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.
More John Steinbeck Quotes
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If a story is not about the hearer, he will not listen. And here I make a rule—a great and interesting story is about everyone or it will not last.
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And finally, in our time a beard is the one thing that a woman cannot do better than a man, or if she can her success is assured only in a circus.
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If you want to destroy a nation, give it too much – make it greedy, miserable and sick.
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Girls have a way of knowing or feeling what you feel, but they usually like to hear it also.
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I am happy to report that in the war between reality and romance, reality is not the stronger.
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All war is a symptom of man’s failure as a thinking animal.
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Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts, perhaps the fear of a loss of power.
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Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased.
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The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.
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The nicest thing in the world you can do for anybody is let them help you.
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It’s so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.
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When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you’ve got two new people.
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And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.
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A writer lives in awe of words, for they can be cruel or kind, and they can change their meanings right in front of you. They pick up flavors and odors like butter in a refrigerator.
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It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it.
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